Re: Formulas

[Esondrmn-at-xxxxxxx (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

In a message dated 11/1/00 6:20:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 



>
> I was wondering if somebody could direct me to a sight that has formulas 
> pertaining to tesla coils. I am needing formulas for inductance, resonant 
> frequency, resonant capacitor size, toroid capacitance, spark gap break 
> rate, 
> number of turns to tap on primary, size of gap, etc. I have programs that 
> figure all of this out for me, but I would like to see the formulas for my 
> own 
> notes. Also, I remember someone made a program that plotted the E-fields 
> for a 
> given tesla coil. Where can I find that? If someone on the list could 
> direct me 
> to various places to find this information, it would really help. 
>
> I have a question as well. Does it matter which direction the primary and 
> secondary are wound? Do they both need to be wound in the same direction: 
> clockwise or counter-clockwise? 
>
> Thanks, 
> Andrew 
>
> Andrew

, 


The winding direction of the primary and secondary are not important.  You 
can find some of the formulas that you are looking for at my web site 
http://members.aol-dot-com/esondrmn/index.html 
under spreadsheet. 

Ed Sonderman